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World Championships - Results Women 1987
Italy - Roma - 29 August 1987 - 6 September 1987
Women's Marathon - 29 August 1987
| 1 |  Rosa Mota (POR) | 2:25:17 |
| 2 |  Zoya Ivanova (URS) | 2:32:38 |
| 3 |  Jocelyne Villeton (FRA) | 2:32:53 |
| 4 |  Bente Moe (NOR) | 2:33:21 |
| 5 | Yelena Tsukhlo (URS) | 2:33:55 |
| 6 | Yekaterina Khramenkova (URS) | 2:34:23 |
| 7 |  Nancy Ditz (USA) | 2:34:54 |
| 8 |  Sinikka Keskitalo (FIN) | 2:35:16 |
| 9 |  Karolina Szabó (HUN) | 2:36:18 |
| 10 |  Miyuki Yamashita (JPN) | 2:36:55 |
| 11 |  Angie Pain-Hulley (GBR) | 2:38:12 |
| 12 | Antonella Bizioli (ITA) | 2:38:52 |
| 13 |  Mercedes Calleja (SPA) | 2:38:58 |
| 14 |  Uta Pippig (DDR) | 2:39:30 |
| 15 |  Agnes Pardaens (BEL) | 2:39:52 |
| 16 |  Odette Lapierre (CAN) | 2:40:20 |
| 17 | Paula Fudge (GBR) | 2:42:42 |
| 18 |  Genoveva Eichenmann (SWI) | 2:43:07 |
| 19 | Maria Luisa Irizar (SPA) | 2:43:54 |
| 20 | Emma Scaunich (ITA) | 2:44:32 |
| 21 |  Evy Palm (SWE) | 2:44:41 |
| 22 | Veronique Marot (GBR) | 2:45:02 |
| 23 |  Gabriela Wolf (FDR) | 2:45:13 |
| 24 |  Christine Kennedy (IRL) | 2:45:47 |
| 25 |  Hazel Stewart (NZL) | 2:48:41 |
| 26 | Eriko Asai (JPN) | 2:48:44 |
| 27 |  Marcianne Mukamurenzi (RWA) | 2:49:38 |
| 28 | Rita Borralho (POR) | 2:52:26 |
| 29 | Dorothy Goertzen (CAN) | 2:53:11 |
| 30 |  Cornelia Melis (ARU) | 2:59:31 |
| 31 | Gina Coello (HUN) | 3:01:53 |
| 32 |  Maria Del Pilar Menendez (GUA) | 3:16:20 |
| 33 |  Julie Ogborn (GUM) | 3:50:56 |
Women's 100 m - 30 August 1987
| 1 | Silke Gladisch-Möller (DDR) | 10.90 |
| 2 | Heike Drechsler (DDR) | 11.00 |
| 3 |  Merlene Ottey (JAM) | 11.04 |
| 4 | Diane Williams (USA) | 11.07 |
| 5 | Angella Taylor-Issajenko (CAN) | 11.09 |
| 6 |  Anelia Nuneva (BUL) | 11.09 |
| 7 | Angela Bailey (CAN) | 11.18 |
| 8 | Pam Marshall (USA) | 11.19 |
- Women's 100 m - Detailed results
Women's 100 m - Heat 1 - 29 August 1987
1 Heike Drechsler (DDR)11.02 2 Nadezhda Georgieva (BUL)11.27 3 
Irina Slyusar (UKR)11.34 4 Marisa Masullo (ITA)11.71 5 
Felicite Bada (BEN)12.22 6 
Alyson Caulker (SLE)12.33 7 
Sara Rossini (RSM)12.86 8 
Erin Tierney (COK)13.12 Women's 100 m - Heat 2 - 29 August 1987
1 Merlene Ottey (JAM)11.26 2 Laurence Bily (FRA)11.32 3 
Natalya Pomoshchnikova-Voronova (RUS)11.39 4 
Diane Holden (AUS)11.53 5 
Sheila De Oliveira (BRA)11.82 6 
Rossanna Browne (ANI)12.80 7 
Lorraine Nanton (MSR)13.30 8 
Moutwakil Abdelkarim (SUD)14.07 Women's 100 m - Heat 3 - 29 August 1987
1 Alice Brown (USA)11.42 2 Angela Bailey (CAN)11.52 3 Simmone Jacobs (GBR)11.77 4 Françoise Leroux (FRA)11.92 5 
T.g. Ramani Mangalika (SRI)12.34 6 
Sherlette Barrow (BLZ)13.21 7 
Denise Ephraim (NRU)13.69 Women's 100 m - Heat 4 - 29 August 1987
1 Anelia Nuneva (BUL)11.37 2 Olga Zolotaryova (URS)11.52 3 
Liliana Allen (CUB)11.57 4 
Pauline Davis-Thompson (BAH)11.59 5 Yolanda Diaz (SPA)12.00 6 
Lea Haba (GUI)12.78 Women's 100 m - Heat 5 - 29 August 1987
1 Ulrike Sarvari (FDR)11.37 2 Silke Gladisch-Möller (DDR)11.42 3 Pam Marshall (USA)11.44 4 Angela Phipps (CAN)11.62 5 
Ka Yee Ng (HKG)12.26 6 
Budi Nurani (INO)12.34 7 
Intisar Othman Sudani (JOR)12.91 Women's 100 m - Heat 6 - 29 August 1987
1 
Nelli Cooman (NED)11.18 2 Angella Taylor-Issajenko (CAN)11.42 3 Valya Demireva (BUL)11.61 4 
Gisele Ongollo (GAB)11.89 5 
Marie-Ange Wirtz (SEY)12.64 6 
Judith Robinson (TCA)13.15 7 
Elise Comlan (TOG)13.21 Women's 100 m - Heat 7 - 29 August 1987
1 Diane Williams (USA)11.22 2 Marlies Göhr (DDR)11.47 3 Paula Dunn-Thomas (GBR)11.52 4 Ingrid Verbruggen (BEL)11.62 5 
Amparo Caicedo (COL)11.88 6 
Judith Diankolela-Missengué (CGO)12.84 7 
Martha Soraima (ANT)12.87 8 
Jyhan Hassan-Didi (MAD)15.05 Women's 100 m - Quarter-Final 1 - 29 August 1987
1 Heike Drechsler (DDR)11.08 2 Anelia Nuneva (BUL)11.29 3 Ulrike Sarvari (FDR)11.32 4 Olga Zolotaryova (URS)11.59 5 Angela Phipps (CAN)11.67 6 Diane Holden (AUS)11.68 7 Ingrid Verbruggen (BEL)11.78 8 Felicite Bada (BEN)10.99 Women's 100 m - Quarter-Final 2 - 29 August 1987
1 Angella Taylor-Issajenko (CAN)10.99 2 Nelli Cooman (NED)11.14 3 Pam Marshall (USA)11.21 4 Irina Slyusar (UKR)11.39 5 Paula Dunn-Thomas (GBR)11.47 6 Marisa Masullo (ITA)11.62 7 Françoise Leroux (FRA)11.63 8 Sheila De Oliveira (BRA)11.76 Women's 100 m - Quarter-Final 3 - 29 August 1987
1 Diane Williams (USA)11.21 2 Angela Bailey (CAN)11.31 3 Natalya Pomoshchnikova-Voronova (RUS)11.33 4 Marlies Göhr (DDR)11.40 5 Laurence Bily (FRA)11.49 6 Valya Demireva (BUL)11.73 7 Simmone Jacobs (GBR)11.83 8 Yolanda Diaz (SPA)12.05 Women's 100 m - Quarter-Final 4 - 29 August 1987
1 Merlene Ottey (JAM)11.27 2 Silke Gladisch-Möller (DDR)11.29 3 Alice Brown (USA)11.34 4 Nadezhda Georgieva (BUL)11.47 5 Liliana Allen (CUB)11.60 6 Pauline Davis-Thompson (BAH)11.64 7 Amparo Caicedo (COL)12.08 8 Gisele Ongollo (GAB)12.21 Women's 100 m - Semi-Final 1 - 30 August 1987
1 Silke Gladisch-Möller (DDR)10.82 2 Merlene Ottey (JAM)10.89 3 Angella Taylor-Issajenko (CAN)10.99 4 Pam Marshall (USA)11.06 5 Alice Brown (USA)11.07 6 Nadezhda Georgieva (BUL)11.10 7 Ulrike Sarvari (FDR)11.15 8 Irina Slyusar (UKR)11.44 Women's 100 m - Semi-Final 2 - 30 August 1987
1 Heike Drechsler (DDR)10.95 2 Anelia Nuneva (BUL)11.01 3 Diane Williams (USA)11.07 4 Angela Bailey (CAN)11.07 5 Natalya Pomoshchnikova-Voronova (RUS)11.15 6 Nelli Cooman (NED)11.21 7 Marlies Göhr (DDR)11.33 8 Paula Dunn-Thomas (GBR)11.59 Women's 100 m - Final - 30 August 1987
1 Silke Gladisch-Möller (DDR)10.90 2 Heike Drechsler (DDR)11.00 3 Merlene Ottey (JAM)11.04 4 Diane Williams (USA)11.07 5 Angella Taylor-Issajenko (CAN)11.09 6 Anelia Nuneva (BUL)11.09 7 Angela Bailey (CAN)11.18 8 Pam Marshall (USA)11.19
Women's High jump - 30 August 1987
| 1 | Stefka Kostadinova (BUL) | 2.09 |
| 2 | Tamara Bykova (URS) | 2.04 |
| 3 | Susanne Helm-Beyer (DDR) | 1.99 |
| 4 | Silvia Costa (CUB) | 1.96 |
| 5 | Larisa Kositsyna (URS) | 1.96 |
| 6 | Heike Henkel (FDR) | 1.96 |
| 7 | Svetlana Isaeva-Leseva (BUL) | 1.93 |
| 8 | Lyudmila Avdeyenko (URS) | 1.93 |
| 8 | Louise Ritter (USA) | 1.93 |
| 10 | Madely Beaugendre (FRA) | 1.93 |
| 11 | Coleen Sommer (USA) | 1.93 |
| 12 | Ludmila Andonova (BUL) | 1.85 |
- Women's High jump - Detailed results
Women's High jump - Group A - 29 August 1987
1 Coleen Sommer (USA)1.91 1 Lyudmila Avdeyenko (URS)1.91 1 Heike Henkel (FDR)1.91 1 Madely Beaugendre (FRA)1.91 1 Stefka Kostadinova (BUL)1.91 1 Silvia Costa (CUB)1.91 7 
Alina Astafei (ROM)1.88 7 
Hee-Sun Kim (KOR)1.88 7 
Amra Temim (YUG)1.88 7 
Xiuling Ni (CHN)1.88 11 Alessandra Bonfiglioli (ITA)1.85 Women's High jump - Group B - 29 August 1987
1 Louise Ritter (USA)1.91 1 Susanne Helm-Beyer (DDR)1.91 1 Ludmila Andonova (BUL)1.91 1 Svetlana Isaeva-Leseva (BUL)1.91 1 Tamara Bykova (URS)1.91 1 Larisa Kositsyna (URS)1.91 7 Christine Stanton (AUS)1.88 7 Megumi Sato (JPN)1.88 9 Phyllis Bluntson (USA)1.85 9 Hanne Haugland (NOR)1.85 11 
Thordis Gisladóttir (ISL)1.80 11 Orlane Maria Dos Santos (BRA)1.80 Women's High jump - Final - 30 August 1987
1 Stefka Kostadinova (BUL)2.09 2 Tamara Bykova (URS)2.04 3 Susanne Helm-Beyer (DDR)1.99 4 Silvia Costa (CUB)1.96 5 Larisa Kositsyna (URS)1.96 6 Heike Henkel (FDR)1.96 7 Svetlana Isaeva-Leseva (BUL)1.93 8 Lyudmila Avdeyenko (URS)1.93 8 Louise Ritter (USA)1.93 10 Madely Beaugendre (FRA)1.93 11 Coleen Sommer (USA)1.93 12 Ludmila Andonova (BUL)1.85
Women's 400 m - 31 August 1987
| 1 | Olga Vladykina-Bryzgina (URS) | 49.38 |
| 2 | Petra Müller-Schersing (DDR) | 49.94 |
| 3 | Kirsten Emmelmann (DDR) | 50.20 |
| 4 | Mariya Kulchunova-Pinigina (URS) | 50.53 |
| 5 | Lillie Leatherwood (USA) | 50.82 |
| 6 | Jillian Richardson-Briscoe (CAN) | 51.03 |
| 7 | Diane Dixon (USA) | 51.13 |
| 8 | Olga Nazarova (RUS) | 51.20 |
- Women's 400 m - Detailed results
Women's 400 m - Heat 1 - 29 August 1987
1 Olga Vladykina-Bryzgina (URS)51.62 2 Sandie Richards (JAM)52.07 3 Charmaine Crooks (CAN)52.49 4 
Francisca Chepkurui (KEN)53.21 5 
Assumpta Achuo Bei (CMR)54.18 Women's 400 m - Heat 2 - 29 August 1987
1 Petra Schersing (DDR)51.68 2 Gisela Kinzel (FDR)52.34 3 Blanca Lacambra (SPA)52.46 4 Fabienne Ficher (FRA)52.59 5 
Maria Usifo (NGR)53.64 6 
Joycelin Joseph (ANT)55.61 7 
Anna Cherry (LCA)57.20 Women's 400 m - Heat 3 - 29 August 1987
1 Mariya Kulchunova-Pinigina (URS)51.38 2 Denean Howard-Hill (USA)52.06 3 Ute Thimm (FDR)52.48 4 Cathy Rattray-Williams (JAM)52.64 5 
Mercy Addy (GHA)54.13 6 
Diane Dunrod-Francis (SKN)57.64 Women's 400 m - Heat 4 - 29 August 1987
1 Dagmar Rübsam-Neubauer (DDR)51.96 2 Lillie Leatherwood (USA)52.16 3 Marita Payne (CAN)52.21 4 
Josephine Mary Singarayar (MAL)54.56 5 
Nadine Mbitoloum (CHA)1:01.71 Women's 400 m - Heat 5 - 29 August 1987
1 Jillian Richardson-Briscoe (CAN)51.94 2 Olga Nazarova (RUS)52.04 3 Maria Magnólia Souza Figueiredo (BRA)52.29 4 Helga Arendt (FDR)52.80 5 Judit Forgacs (HUN)53.15 6 Ester Petitón (CUB)54.50 7 
Vanessa Barlow (SAM)1:01.53 Women's 400 m - Heat 6 - 29 August 1987
1 Kirsten Emmelmann (DDR)51.62 2 Diane Dixon (USA)51.72 3 Ilrey Oliver (JAM)53.59 4 
Ruth Morris (ISV)56.36 Women's 400 m - Semi-Final 1 - 30 August 1987
1 Mariya Kulchunova-Pinigina (URS)50.83 2 Jillian Richardson-Briscoe (CAN)50.91 3 Lillie Leatherwood (USA)50.95 4 Dagmar Rübsam-Neubauer (DDR)52.15 5 Cathy Rattray-Williams (JAM)52.51 6 Fabienne Ficher (FRA)52.58 7 Helga Arendt (FDR)52.80 8 Blanca Lacambra (SPA)54.72 Women's 400 m - Semi-Final 2 - 30 August 1987
1 Petra Schersing (DDR)50.15 2 Olga Vladykina-Bryzgina (URS)50.88 3 Denean Howard-Hill (USA)51.28 4 Charmaine Crooks (CAN)51.69 5 Maria Magnólia Souza Figueiredo (BRA)52.24 6 Gisela Kinzel (FDR)52.66 7 Judit Forgacs (HUN)52.99 8 Ilrey Oliver (JAM)53.35 Women's 400 m - Semi-Final 3 - 30 August 1987
1 Kirsten Emmelmann (DDR)50.53 2 Diane Dixon (USA)50.83 3 Olga Nazarova (RUS)51.07 4 Ute Thimm (FDR)51.23 5 Sandie Richards (JAM)51.54 6 Marita Payne (CAN)51.75 7 Francisca Chepkurui (KEN)52.86 Women's 400 m - Final - 31 August 1987
1 Olga Vladykina-Bryzgina (URS)49.38 2 Petra Müller-Schersing (DDR)49.94 3 Kirsten Emmelmann (DDR)50.20 4 Mariya Kulchunova-Pinigina (URS)50.53 5 Lillie Leatherwood (USA)50.82 6 Jillian Richardson-Briscoe (CAN)51.03 7 Diane Dixon (USA)51.13 8 Olga Nazarova (RUS)51.20
Women's 800 m - 31 August 1987
| 1 | Sigrun Wodars-Grau (DDR) | 1:55.26 |
| 2 | Christine Wachtel (DDR) | 1:55.32 |
| 3 | Lyubov Gurina (RUS) | 1:55.56 |
| 4 | Ana Fidelia Quirot (CUB) | 1:55.84 |
| 5 |  Jarmila Kratochvílová (CZE) | 1:57.81 |
| 6 | Mitica Junghiatu-Constantin (ROM) | 1:59.66 |
| 7 | Nadezhda Olizarenko (URS) | 2:00.28 |
| 8 | Slobodanka Colovic (YUG) | 2:02.09 |
- Women's 800 m - Detailed results
Women's 800 m - Heat 1 - 29 August 1987
1 Slobodanka Colovic (YUG)2:02.54 2 Delisa Walton-Floyd (USA)2:02.76 3 Jarmila Kratochvílová (CZE)2:03.06 4 Rosa Colorado (SPA)2:03.40 5 Soraya Vieira Telles (BRA)2:03.55 6 
Ausa Mwendachabe (ZAM)2:07.06 7 
Jacqueline Rasaozanamanalina (MAD)2:11.27 Women's 800 m - Heat 2 - 29 August 1987
1 Ana Fidelia Quirot (CUB)2:01.99 2 Mitica Junghiatu-Constantin (ROM)2:02.23 3 Nathalie Thoumas (FRA)2:02.54 4 Essie Washington (USA)2:02.61 5 Selina Chirchir (KEN)2:02.90 6 
Jennifer Fisher (BER)2:09.04 7 
Mireille Sankatsing (SUR)2:12.02 Women's 800 m - Heat 3 - 29 August 1987
1 Christine Wachtel (DDR)2:01.50 2 Lyubov Gurina (RUS)2:01.74 3 Diane Modahl (GBR)2:02.57 4 Catalina Gheorghiu (ROM)2:03.04 5 
Angelita Lind (PUR)2:04.59 6 
Puseletso Monkoe (LES)2:22.29 7 
Leticia Thomas (DOM)2:26.02 Women's 800 m - Heat 4 - 29 August 1987
1 Sigrun Grau (DDR)1:59.97 2 Gabriela Sedlakova (CZE)2:00.23 3 Nadezhda Olizarenko (URS)2:00.28 4 Mary Burzminski (CAN)2:01.62 5 Joetta Clark-Diggs (USA)2:01.81 6 María Akraka (SWE)2:02.24 7 
Mina Zeina (LEB)2:15.75 Women's 800 m - Semi-Final 1 - 30 August 1987
1 Ana Fidelia Quirot (CUB)1:57.96 2 Sigrun Grau (DDR)1:58.06 3 Lyubov Gurina (RUS)1:58.16 4 Jarmila Kratochvílová (CZE)1:58.65 5 Slobodanka Colovic (YUG)1:58.85 6 Diane Modahl (GBR)1:59.34 7 Essie Washington (USA)2:02.65 8 Mary Burzminski (CAN)2:03.72 Women's 800 m - Semi-Final 2 - 30 August 1987
1 Christine Wachtel (DDR)2:01.47 2 Nadezhda Olizarenko (URS)2:01.63 3 Mitica Junghiatu-Constantin (ROM)2:01.65 4 Gabriela Sedlakova (CZE)2:02.27 5 Delisa Walton-Floyd (USA)2:02.45 6 Nathalie Thoumas (FRA)2:03.90 7 María Akraka (SWE)2:05.20 8 Joetta Clark-Diggs (USA)2:06.10 Women's 800 m - Final - 31 August 1987
1 Sigrun Wodars-Grau (DDR)1:55.26 2 Christine Wachtel (DDR)1:55.32 3 Lyubov Gurina (RUS)1:55.56 4 Ana Fidelia Quirot (CUB)1:55.84 5 Jarmila Kratochvílová (CZE)1:57.81 6 Mitica Junghiatu-Constantin (ROM)1:59.66 7 Nadezhda Olizarenko (URS)2:00.28 8 Slobodanka Colovic (YUG)2:02.09
Women's Discus throw - 31 August 1987
| 1 | Martina Hellmann (DDR) | 71.62 |
| 2 | Diana Sachse-Gansky (DDR) | 70.12 |
| 3 | Tsvetanka Khristova (BUL) | 68.82 |
| 4 | Ilke Wyludda (DDR) | 68.20 |
| 5 | Svetla Mitkova-Sinirtas (BUL) | 66.58 |
| 6 |  Zdénka Silhavá (CZE) | 64.82 |
| 7 | Larisa Mikhalchenko (UKR) | 64.72 |
| 8 | Mariana Lengyel (ROM) | 62.30 |
| 9 | Maritza Marten (CUB) | 62.00 |
| 10 | Larisa Korotkevich (RUS) | 60.74 |
| 11 |  Renata Katewicz (POL) | 58.22 |
- Women's Discus throw - Detailed results
Women's Discus throw - Group A - 30 August 1987
1 Diana Sachse-Gansky (DDR)63.64 2 Svetla Mitkova-Sinirtas (BUL)62.80 3 Larisa Mikhalchenko (UKR)62.52 4 Maritza Marten (CUB)60.40 5 Connie Price-Smith (USA)59.90 6 Mariana Lengyel (ROM)59.72 7 Anne Paavolainen-Känsäkangas (FIN)57.10 8 Hourun Yu (CHN)56.70 9 
Nabila Mouelhi (TUN)45.94 10 
Hanane Ahmed Khaled (EGY)42.64 11 
Dorie Cortejo (PHI)40.98 12 
Morgyn Warner (ZIM)38.56 Women's Discus throw - Group B - 30 August 1987
1 Ilke Wyludda (DDR)68.40 2 Tsvetanka Khristova (BUL)66.86 3 Martina Hellmann (DDR)66.80 4 Zdénka Silhavá (CZE)64.64 5 Larisa Korotkevich (RUS)60.48 6 Renata Katewicz (POL)58.88 7 Carol Cady (USA)58.50 8 Xuemei Hou (CHN)58.26 9 Anne Salak-Khorina (URS)57.76 10 Maria Isabel Urrutia (COL)53.94 11 Maria Marello (ITA)52.74 Women's Discus throw - Final - 31 August 1987
1 Martina Hellmann (DDR)71.62 2 Diana Sachse-Gansky (DDR)70.12 3 Tsvetanka Khristova (BUL)68.82 4 Ilke Wyludda (DDR)68.20 5 Svetla Mitkova-Sinirtas (BUL)66.58 6 Zdénka Silhavá (CZE)64.82 7 Larisa Mikhalchenko (UKR)64.72 8 Mariana Lengyel (ROM)62.30 9 Maritza Marten (CUB)62.00 10 Larisa Korotkevich (RUS)60.74 11 Renata Katewicz (POL)58.22
Women's 3000 m - 1 September 1987
| 1 | Tatyana Samolenko-Dorovskikh (UKR) | 8:38.73 |
| 2 | Maricica Puica (ROM) | 8:39.45 |
| 3 | Ulrike Bruns (DDR) | 8:40.30 |
| 4 | Cornelia Burki (SWI) | 8:40.31 |
| 5 | Yelena Romanova (RUS) | 8:41.33 |
| 6 | Elly Van Hulst (NED) | 8:42.56 |
| 7 | Yvonne Murray (GBR) | 8:43.94 |
| 8 | Wendy Sly (GBR) | 8:45.85 |
| 9 | Lynn Kanuka-Williams (CAN) | 8:49.91 |
| 10 | Mary Knisely (USA) | 8:50.99 |
| 11 | Vera Michallek (FDR) | 8:55.16 |
| 12 | Christine Tranter-Benning (GBR) | 8:57.92 |
| 13 | Debbie Scott-Bowker (CAN) | 8:58.63 |
| 14 | Marie-Pierre Duros (FRA) | 9:14.61 |
- Women's 3000 m - Detailed results
Women's 3000 m - Heat 1 - 29 August 1987
1 Debbie Scott-Bowker (CAN)8:46.88 2 Ulrike Bruns (DDR)8:47.15 3 Cornelia Burki (SWI)8:47.95 4 Olga Bondarenko (URS)8:48.11 5 Yvonne Murray (GBR)8:48.44 6 Vera Michallek (FDR)8:49.61 7 Mary Knisely (USA)8:49.61 8 Annette Sergent (FRA)8:52.45 9 Cindy Bremser (USA)8:54.17 10 Jacqueline Perkins (AUS)8:57.24 11 Fernanda Ribeiro (POR)9:01.15 12 Dorina Calenic-Briand (ROM)9:01.83 13 Satu Levelä (FIN)9:16.28 14 
Mónica Regonesi (CHI)9:26.11 15 
Raj Kumari Pandey (NEP)10:44.15 Women's 3000 m - Heat 2 - 29 August 1987
1 Wendy Sly (GBR)8:44.79 2 Yelena Romanova (RUS)8:45.00 3 Tatyana Samolenko-Dorovskikh (UKR)8:45.20 4 Elly Van Hulst (NED)8:45.20 5 Maricica Puica (ROM)8:45.55 6 Marie-Pierre Duros (FRA)8:46.81 7 Lynn Kanuka-Williams (CAN)8:47.43 8 Christine Tranter-Benning (GBR)8:48.63 9 Xiuting Wang (CHN)8:50.68 10 Paula Ivan (ROM)8:51.20 11 Leslie Seymour (USA)8:51.34 12 Radka Naplatanova (BUL)8:51.98 13 Agnese Possamai (ITA)8:57.85 14 
Andri Avraam (CYP)9:09.34 Women's 3000 m - Final - 1 September 1987
1 Tatyana Samolenko-Dorovskikh (UKR)8:38.73 2 Maricica Puica (ROM)8:39.45 3 Ulrike Bruns (DDR)8:40.30 4 Cornelia Burki (SWI)8:40.31 5 Yelena Romanova (RUS)8:41.33 6 Elly Van Hulst (NED)8:42.56 7 Yvonne Murray (GBR)8:43.94 8 Wendy Sly (GBR)8:45.85 9 Lynn Kanuka-Williams (CAN)8:49.91 10 Mary Knisely (USA)8:50.99 11 Vera Michallek (FDR)8:55.16 12 Christine Tranter-Benning (GBR)8:57.92 13 Debbie Scott-Bowker (CAN)8:58.63 14 Marie-Pierre Duros (FRA)9:14.61
Women's Heptathlon - 1 September 1987
| 1 | Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA) | 7128 |
| 2 | Larisa Nikitina-Turchinskaya (URS) | 6564 |
| 3 | Jane Frederick (USA) | 6502 |
| 4 | Anke Vater-Behmer (DDR) | 6460 |
| 5 | Liliana Nastase (ROM) | 6325 |
| 6 | Marion Reichelt (DDR) | 6296 |
| 7 | Marianna Maslennikova (URS) | 6228 |
| 8 | Zhu Yuqing (CHN) | 6211 |
| 9 | Kim Hagger (GBR) | 6167 |
| 10 | Jane Flemming (AUS) | 6149 |
| 11 | Nadine Debois (FRA) | 6139 |
| 12 | Cindy Greiner (USA) | 6042 |
| 13 | Tineke Hidding (NED) | 6040 |
| 14 |  Svetlana Buraga (BLR) | 5982 |
| 15 | Joanne Mulliner (GBR) | 5842 |
| 16 | Ragne Kytölä (FIN) | 5791 |
| 17 | Cornelia Heinrich (FDR) | 5664 |
| 18 | Sabine Braun (FDR) | 5621 |
| 19 | Connie Polman-Tuin (CAN) | 5608 |
Women's 10 km walk - 1 September 1987
| 1 | Irina Strakhova (URS) | 44:12 |
| 2 | Kerry Saxby-Junna (AUS) | 44:23 |
| 3 | Hong Yan (CHN) | 44:42 |
| 4 | Mari Cruz Díaz (SPA) | 44:48 |
| 5 | Yelena Nikolayeva (RUS) | 44:54 |
| 6 | Monica Gunnarsson (SWE) | 45:09 |
| 7 | Bingjie Jin (CHN) | 45:24 |
| 8 | Ann Peel (CAN) | 45:27 |
| 9 | Maria Reyes Sobrino (SPA) | 45:37 |
| 10 | Dana Vavracová (CZE) | 46:10 |
| 11 | Ann Jansson (SWE) | 46:15 |
| 12 | Sue Cook (AUS) | 46:20 |
| 13 |  Lisa Kehler (ENG) | 46:23 |
| 14 | Janice Mccaffrey (CAN) | 46:41 |
| 15 | Lynn Weik (USA) | 46:51 |
| 16 | Beate Anders-Gummelt (DDR) | 47:00 |
| 17 |  Maria Colin (MEX) | 47:23 |
| 18 | Giuliana Salce (ITA) | 47:28 |
| 19 | Sari Essayah (FIN) | 47:30 |
| 20 | Debbi Lawrence (USA) | 47:31 |
| 21 | Alison Baker (CAN) | 47:48 |
| 22 | Suzanne Griesbach (FRA) | 48:06 |
| 23 | Sirkka Oikarinen (FIN) | 48:25 |
| 24 | Maryanne Torrellas (USA) | 48:27 |
| 25 | Beverley Allen (GBR) | 48:50 |
| 26 | Solvi Furnes (NOR) | 49:18 |
| 27 | Maria Graciela Mendoza (MEX) | 49:46 |
| 28 | Hideko Hirayama (JPN) | 49:50 |
| 29 | Emilia Cano (SPA) | 50:11 |
| 30 | Mirva Hämäläinen (FIN) | 52:03 |
Women's 200 m - 3 September 1987
| 1 | Silke Gladisch-Möller (DDR) | 21.74 |
| 2 | Florence Griffith-Joyner (USA) | 21.96 |
| 3 | Merlene Ottey (JAM) | 22.06 |
| 4 | Pam Marshall (USA) | 22.18 |
| 5 | Gwen Torrence (USA) | 22.40 |
| 6 | Mary Onyali-Omagbemi (NGR) | 22.52 |
| 7 | Ewa Kasprzyk (POL) | 22.52 |
| 8 | Nadezhda Georgieva (BUL) | 22.55 |
- Women's 200 m - Detailed results
Women's 200 m - Heat 1 - 1 September 1987
1 Silke Gladisch-Möller (DDR)22.44 2 Gwen Torrence (USA)22.61 3 Angela Bailey (CAN)22.94 4 Falilat Ogunkoya Osheku (NGR)23.12 5 Natalya German (URS)23.26 6 
Zoila Stewart (CRC)24.75 7 
Jabou Jawo (GAM)25.50 8 
Elizabeth Arteaga (BOL)26.11 Women's 200 m - Heat 2 - 1 September 1987
1 Nadezhda Georgieva (BUL)22.77 2 Pam Marshall (USA)22.84 3 Vineta Ikauniece (URS)22.98 4 Ulrike Sarvari (FDR)23.02 5 Heike Morgenstern (DDR)23.04 6 
Claudia Acerenza (URU)24.24 7 
Sheila Vyapouri (MRI)25.32 8 
Hanaa Ali Ahmed (YEM)29.00 Women's 200 m - Heat 3 - 1 September 1987
1 Mary Onyali-Omagbemi (NGR)22.87 2 Ewa Kasprzyk (POL)22.98 3 Pauline Davis-Thompson (BAH)23.08 4 Marie-Christine Cazier-Ballo (FRA)23.12 5 Silke-Beate Knoll (FDR)23.40 6 
Aminata Diarra (MAI)26.46 7 
Denise Ouabangui (CAF)28.37 Women's 200 m - Heat 4 - 1 September 1987
1 Florence Griffith-Joyner (USA)22.56 2 
Maia Azarashvili (GEO)22.94 3 Merlene Ottey (JAM)23.19 4 Ingrid Verbruggen (BEL)23.77 5 Amparo Caicedo (COL)24.30 6 Guilhermina Da Cruz (ENG)25.74 Women's 200 m - Semi-Final 1 - 3 September 1987
1 Merlene Ottey (JAM)22.43 2 Silke Gladisch-Möller (DDR)22.54 3 Pam Marshall (USA)22.67 4 Nadezhda Georgieva (BUL)22.72 5 Pauline Davis-Thompson (BAH)22.89 6 Angela Bailey (CAN)22.97 7 Vineta Ikauniece (URS)23.25 8 Falilat Ogunkoya Osheku (NGR)23.71 Women's 200 m - Semi-Final 2 - 3 September 1987
1 Florence Griffith-Joyner (USA)22.38 2 Mary Onyali-Omagbemi (NGR)22.54 3 Ewa Kasprzyk (POL)22.60 4 Gwen Torrence (USA)22.61 5 Marie-Christine Cazier-Ballo (FRA)22.89 6 Maia Azarashvili (GEO)22.91 7 Ulrike Sarvari (FDR)23.04 8 Heike Morgenstern (DDR)23.06 Women's 200 m - Final - 3 September 1987
1 Silke Gladisch-Möller (DDR)21.74 2 Florence Griffith-Joyner (USA)21.96 3 Merlene Ottey (JAM)22.06 4 Pam Marshall (USA)22.18 5 Gwen Torrence (USA)22.40 6 Mary Onyali-Omagbemi (NGR)22.52 7 Ewa Kasprzyk (POL)22.52 8 Nadezhda Georgieva (BUL)22.55
Women's 400 m Hurdles - 3 September 1987
| 1 | Sabine Busch (DDR) | 53.62 |
| 2 | Debbie Flintoff-King (AUS) | 54.19 |
| 3 | Cornelia Feuerbach-Ullrich (DDR) | 54.31 |
| 4 | Sandra Farmer-Patrick (JAM) | 54.38 |
| 5 | Tuija Helander-Kuusisto (FIN) | 54.62 |
| 6 | Anna Ambraziene (URS) | 55.68 |
| 7 | Schowonda Williams (USA) | 55.86 |
| 8 | Judi Brown-King (USA) | 56.10 |
- Women's 400 m Hurdles - Detailed results
Women's 400 m Hurdles - Heat 1 - 31 August 1987
1 Sabine Busch (DDR)55.51 2 Anna Ambraziene (URS)56.50 3 
Nawal El Moutawakel (MAR)57.21 4 Jenny Laurendet (AUS)57.41 5 Barbara Johnson (IRL)58.72 6 Tania Fernandez (CUB)58.78 7 
Mariam Zewde (ETH)1:00.57 Women's 400 m Hurdles - Heat 2 - 31 August 1987
1 Latanya Sheffield (USA)55.93 2 Debbie Flintoff-King (AUS)56.31 3 Christina Wennberg (SWE)56.91 4 Irmgard Trojer (ITA)57.09 5 Helène Huart (FRA)57.13 6 Maria João Lopes (POR)58.86 7 
Semra Aksu (TÜR)59.13 Women's 400 m Hurdles - Heat 3 - 31 August 1987
1 Judi Brown-King (USA)55.35 2 Tuija Helander-Kuusisto (FIN)55.42 3 
Pilavullakandi Usha (IND)55.73 4 Maria Usifo (NGR)56.13 5 Helga Halldorsdottir (ISL)57.82 6 
Marie Womplou (CIV)58.46 7 
Gerda Haas (AUT)58.65 Women's 400 m Hurdles - Heat 4 - 31 August 1987
1 Margarita Khromova-Ponomaryova (RUS)55.21 2 Schowonda Williams (USA)55.53 3 Gudrun Abt (FDR)55.83 4 
Liliana Chala (ECU)58.39 5 Gwen Wall (CAN)58.66 6 Maria Do Carmo Fialho (BRA)58.93 Women's 400 m Hurdles - Heat 5 - 31 August 1987
1 Cornelia Feuerbach-Ullrich (DDR)56.75 2 Sandra Farmer-Patrick (JAM)56.76 3 Rose Tata-Muya (KEN)57.11 4 Cristina Perez (SPA)57.23 5 Erika Szopori (HUN)58.09 6 Sally Fleming (AUS)58.87 Women's 400 m Hurdles - Semi-Final 1 - 1 September 1987
1 Sabine Busch (DDR)54.41 2 Sandra Farmer-Patrick (JAM)54.68 3 Tuija Helander-Kuusisto (FIN)54.76 4 Schowonda Williams (USA)54.82 5 Margarita Khromova-Ponomaryova (RUS)54.86 6 Latanya Sheffield (USA)56.65 7 Rose Tata-Muya (KEN)57.65 Women's 400 m Hurdles - Semi-Final 2 - 1 September 1987
1 Cornelia Feuerbach-Ullrich (DDR)54.72 2 Debbie Flintoff-King (AUS)55.08 3 Anna Ambraziene (URS)55.47 4 Judi Brown-King (USA)55.55 5 Gudrun Abt (FDR)55.59 6 Pilavullakandi Usha (IND)55.89 7 Christina Wennberg (SWE)56.56 8 Irmgard Trojer (ITA)57.86 Women's 400 m Hurdles - Final - 3 September 1987
1 Sabine Busch (DDR)53.62 2 Debbie Flintoff-King (AUS)54.19 3 Cornelia Feuerbach-Ullrich (DDR)54.31 4 Sandra Farmer-Patrick (JAM)54.38 5 Tuija Helander-Kuusisto (FIN)54.62 6 Anna Ambraziene (URS)55.68 7 Schowonda Williams (USA)55.86 8 Judi Brown-King (USA)56.10
Women's 10000 m - 4 September 1987
| 1 | Ingrid Kristiansen (NOR) | 31:05.85 |
| 2 | Yelena Zhupiyeva-Vyazova (URS) | 31:09.40 |
| 3 | Kathrin Wessel (DDR) | 31:11.34 |
| 4 | Olga Bondarenko (URS) | 31:18.38 |
| 5 | Liz McColgan (GBR) | 31:19.82 |
| 6 | Lynn Jennings (USA) | 31:45.43 |
| 7 | Albertina Machado (POR) | 31:46.61 |
| 8 | Xiuting Wang (CHN) | 31:48.88 |
| 9 | Angela Tooby (GBR) | 31:55.30 |
| 10 | Kerstin Pressler (FDR) | 31:56.80 |
| 11 | Martine Oppliger (SWI) | 32:07.49 |
| 12 | Marleen Renders (BEL) | 32:12.51 |
| 13 | Lynn Nelson (USA) | 32:22.88 |
| 14 | Christine Mcmiken (NZL) | 32:25.67 |
| 15 | Francie Larrieu-smith (USA) | 32:30.00 |
| 16 | Nancy Rooks-Tinari (CAN) | 32:31.55 |
| 17 | Aurora Cunha (POR) | 32:44.42 |
| 18 | Kumi Araki (JPN) | 33:15.08 |
| 19 | Ana Isabel Alonso (SPA) | 33:20.65 |
| 20 | Tuija Toivonen-Jousimaa (FIN) | 33:25.46 |
| 21 | Lorraine Moller (NZL) | 34:07.26 |
- Women's 10000 m - Detailed results
Women's 10000 m - Heat 1 - 31 August 1987
1 Kathrin Wessel (DDR)33:07.92 2 Liz McColgan (GBR)33:09.26 3 Aurora Cunha (POR)33:09.86 4 Ingrid Kristiansen (NOR)33:10.37 5 Marleen Renders (BEL)33:10.95 6 Lynn Jennings (USA)33:16.18 7 Angela Tooby (GBR)33:20.14 8 Martine Oppliger (SWI)33:22.25 9 Nancy Rooks-Tinari (CAN)33:24.20 10 Kumi Araki (JPN)33:24.37 11 Ana Isabel Alonso (SPA)33:38.37 12 Christine Mcmiken (NZL)33:41.10 13 Tuija Toivonen-Jousimaa (FIN)33:46.05 14 Midde Hamrin (SWE)34:10.36 15 
Daniele Kaber (LUX)34:24.52 16 Mónica Regonesi (CHI)34:57.64 17 Leah Jemeli Malot (KEN)36:23.66 Women's 10000 m - Heat 2 - 31 August 1987
1 Yelena Zhupiyeva-Vyazova (URS)33:32.05 2 Olga Bondarenko (URS)33:34.79 3 Kerstin Pressler (FDR)33:35.49 4 Lorraine Moller (NZL)33:35.73 5 Xiuting Wang (CHN)33:36.07 6 Francie Larrieu-smith (USA)33:37.36 7 Albertina Machado (POR)33:40.87 8 Lynn Nelson (USA)33:43.71 9 Lieve Slegers (BEL)33:48.91 10 Susan Crehan (GBR)33:54.99 11 Sue French-Lee (CAN)34:14.92 12 Sue Berenda (CAN)34:15.48 13 Conceição Ferreira (POR)34:43.35 14 Rose Lamb (IRL)35:00.17 15 
Michelle Bush-Cuke (CAY)35:30.96 Women's 10000 m - Final - 4 September 1987
1 Ingrid Kristiansen (NOR)31:05.85 2 Yelena Zhupiyeva-Vyazova (URS)31:09.40 3 Kathrin Wessel (DDR)31:11.34 4 Olga Bondarenko (URS)31:18.38 5 Liz McColgan (GBR)31:19.82 6 Lynn Jennings (USA)31:45.43 7 Albertina Machado (POR)31:46.61 8 Xiuting Wang (CHN)31:48.88 9 Angela Tooby (GBR)31:55.30 10 Kerstin Pressler (FDR)31:56.80 11 Martine Oppliger (SWI)32:07.49 12 Marleen Renders (BEL)32:12.51 13 Lynn Nelson (USA)32:22.88 14 Christine Mcmiken (NZL)32:25.67 15 Francie Larrieu-smith (USA)32:30.00 16 Nancy Rooks-Tinari (CAN)32:31.55 17 Aurora Cunha (POR)32:44.42 18 Kumi Araki (JPN)33:15.08 19 Ana Isabel Alonso (SPA)33:20.65 20 Tuija Toivonen-Jousimaa (FIN)33:25.46 21 Lorraine Moller (NZL)34:07.26
Women's 100 m Hurdles - 4 September 1987
| 1 | Ginka Zagorcheva (BUL) | 12.34 |
| 2 | Gloria Uibel-Siebert (DDR) | 12.44 |
| 3 | Cornelia Riefstahl-Oschkenat (DDR) | 12.46 |
| 4 | Yordanka Donkova (BUL) | 12.49 |
| 5 | Anne Piquereau (FRA) | 12.82 |
| 6 | Laurence Elloy-Machabey (FRA) | 12.83 |
| 7 | Claudia Zackiewicz (FDR) | 12.98 |
| 8 | Lavonna Martin-Floreal (USA) | 13.06 |
- Women's 100 m Hurdles - Detailed results
Women's 100 m Hurdles - Heat 1 - 3 September 1987
1 Ginka Zagorcheva (BUL)12.51 2 Anne Piquereau (FRA)13.24 3 Aliuska López (CUB)13.24 4 Rita Heggli-Schönenberger (SWI)13.32 5 Wendy Jeal (GBR)13.41 6 Diana Yankey (GHA)13.90 7 Helga Halldorsdottir (ISL)13.97 Women's 100 m Hurdles - Heat 2 - 3 September 1987
1 Yordanka Donkova (BUL)12.97 2 Florence Colle (FRA)13.20 3 Stephanie Hightower (USA)13.22 4 Nancy Vallecilla (ECU)13.30 5 Lesley-Ann Skeete (GBR)13.40 6 Tiina Lindgren (FIN)13.76 7 
Wen-Ing Chen (TPE)14.12 Women's 100 m Hurdles - Heat 3 - 3 September 1987
1 Cornelia Oschkenat (DDR)12.83 2 Sally Gunnell (GBR)13.02 3 Lavonna Martin-Floreal (USA)13.19 4 Patrizia Lombardo (ITA)13.25 5 Karin Malmbratt (SWE)13.43 6 Karen Nelson (CAN)13.60 Women's 100 m Hurdles - Heat 4 - 3 September 1987
1 Gloria Siebert (DDR)12.81 2 Laurence Elloy-Machabey (FRA)13.08 3 Claudia Zackiewicz (FDR)13.15 4 Sophia Hunter (JAM)13.19 5 Yinghua Feng (CHN)13.85 6 Sandra Tavares (MEX)13.86 Women's 100 m Hurdles - Semi-Final 1 - 4 September 1987
1 Cornelia Oschkenat (DDR)12.65 2 Ginka Zagorcheva (BUL)12.75 3 Lavonna Martin-Floreal (USA)12.94 4 Anne Piquereau (FRA)12.95 5 Florence Colle (FRA)13.04 6 Sally Gunnell (GBR)13.06 7 Rita Heggli-Schönenberger (SWI)13.20 8 Nancy Vallecilla (ECU)13.28 Women's 100 m Hurdles - Semi-Final 2 - 4 September 1987
1 Gloria Siebert (DDR)12.68 2 Yordanka Donkova (BUL)12.76 3 Laurence Elloy-Machabey (FRA)12.88 4 Claudia Zackiewicz (FDR)13.01 5 Stephanie Hightower (USA)13.12 6 Sophia Hunter (JAM)13.26 7 Aliuska López (CUB)13.31 8 Patrizia Lombardo (ITA)13.38 Women's 100 m Hurdles - Final - 4 September 1987
1 Ginka Zagorcheva (BUL)12.34 2 Gloria Uibel-Siebert (DDR)12.44 3 Cornelia Riefstahl-Oschkenat (DDR)12.46 4 Yordanka Donkova (BUL)12.49 5 Anne Piquereau (FRA)12.82 6 Laurence Elloy-Machabey (FRA)12.83 7 Claudia Zackiewicz (FDR)12.98 8 Lavonna Martin-Floreal (USA)13.06
Women's Long jump - 4 September 1987
| 1 | Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA) | 7.36 |
| 2 | Yelena Belevskaya (URS) | 7.14 |
| 3 | Heike Drechsler (DDR) | 7.13 |
| 4 | Helga Radtke (DDR) | 7.01 |
| 5 | Galina Chistyakova (URS) | 6.99 |
| 6 | Irina Valyukevich (URS) | 6.89 |
| 7 | Jennifer Innis (USA) | 6.80 |
| 8 | Nicole Boegman (AUS) | 6.63 |
| 9 | Ljudmila Ninova-Rudoll (AUT) | 6.50 |
| 10 | Sylvia Khristova-Moneva (BUL) | 6.45 |
| 11 | Sheila Echols (USA) | 6.39 |
| 12 |  Lene Demsitz (DEN) | 6.11 |
- Women's Long jump - Detailed results
Women's Long jump - Group A - 3 September 1987
1 Heike Drechsler (DDR)6.95 2 Galina Chistyakova (URS)6.86 3 Irina Valyukevich (URS)6.82 4 Jennifer Innis (USA)6.75 5 Sylvia Khristova-Moneva (BUL)6.71 6 Lene Demsitz (DEN)6.58 7 Ringa Ropo-Junnila (FIN)6.55 8 Antonella Capriotti (ITA)6.31 9 Zhihui Wang (CHN)6.28 10 Madeline De Jesus (PUR)6.20 11 Beatrice Utondu (NGR)6.17 12 Carmen Sirbu (ROM)6.00 13 
See Huey Chan (SIN)5.49 14 
Jacqueline Ross (VIN)5.29 Women's Long jump - Group B - 3 September 1987
1 Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA)6.86 2 Sheila Echols (USA)6.61 3 Nicole Boegman (AUS)6.60 4 Ljudmila Ninova-Rudoll (AUT)6.60 5 Helga Radtke (DDR)6.58 6 Yelena Belevskaya (URS)6.58 7 Marieta Ilcu (ROM)6.50 8 Sofiya Bozhanova (BUL)6.43 9 Eva Karblom (SWE)6.31 10 Vali Ionescu (ROM)6.30 11 
Euphemia Huggins (TRI)6.26 12 Eloina Echevarría (CUB)6.23 13 Tracy Smith (CAN)6.17 14 
Sigal Gonen (ISR)6.03 Women's Long jump - Final - 4 September 1987
1 Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA)7.36 2 Yelena Belevskaya (URS)7.14 3 Heike Drechsler (DDR)7.13 4 Helga Radtke (DDR)7.01 5 Galina Chistyakova (URS)6.99 6 Irina Valyukevich (URS)6.89 7 Jennifer Innis (USA)6.80 8 Nicole Boegman (AUS)6.63 9 Ljudmila Ninova-Rudoll (AUT)6.50 10 Sylvia Khristova-Moneva (BUL)6.45 11 Sheila Echols (USA)6.39 12 Lene Demsitz (DEN)6.11
Women's 1500 m - 5 September 1987
| 1 | Tatyana Samolenko-Dorovskikh (UKR) | 3:58.56 |
| 2 | Hildegard Ullrich-Körner (DDR) | 3:58.67 |
| 3 | Doina Melinte (ROM) | 3:59.27 |
| 4 | Cornelia Burki (SWI) | 3:59.90 |
| 5 | Andrea Lange-Hahmann (DDR) | 4:00.63 |
| 6 | Kirsty Wade (GBR) | 4:01.41 |
| 7 | Diana Richburg (USA) | 4:01.79 |
| 8 | Elly Van Hulst (NED) | 4:03.63 |
| 9 | Svetlana Kitova (URS) | 4:04.66 |
| 10 | Linda Sheskey (USA) | 4:08.33 |
| 11 | Debbie Scott-Bowker (CAN) | 4:08.38 |
| 12 | Mitica Junghiatu-Constantin (ROM) | 4:10.35 |
| 13 | Marina Yachmenyova (URS) | 4:10.51 |
- Women's 1500 m - Detailed results
Women's 1500 m - Heat 1 - 3 September 1987
1 Doina Melinte (ROM)4:05.41 2 Hildegard Ullrich-Körner (DDR)4:05.42 3 Tatyana Samolenko-Dorovskikh (UKR)4:05.48 4 Elly Van Hulst (NED)4:05.57 5 Linda Sheskey (USA)4:06.03 6 Fatima Aouam (MAR)4:07.38 7 Yvonne Murray (GBR)4:07.83 8 Brit Lind-Petersen-Mcroberts (CAN)4:08.37 9 Annika Ericson (SWE)4:11.59 10 
Maria Lomba (SAO)5:01.43 Women's 1500 m - Heat 2 - 3 September 1987
1 Andrea Lange-Hahmann (DDR)4:05.18 2 Sandra Gasser (SWI)4:05.48 3 Marina Yachmenyova (URS)4:05.51 4 Mitica Junghiatu-Constantin (ROM)4:05.60 5 Debbie Scott-Bowker (CAN)4:05.90 6 Diana Richburg (USA)4:07.10 7 Brigitte Kraus (FDR)4:07.40 8 Agnese Possamai (ITA)4:08.84 9 Florence Giolitti (FRA)4:09.08 10 
Alphocinah Simelane (SWZ)4:35.64 11 
Georgine Tomisato (KSA)5:49.52 Women's 1500 m - Heat 3 - 3 September 1987
1 Ulrike Bruns (DDR)4:08.36 2 Cornelia Burki (SWI)4:08.39 3 Svetlana Kitova (URS)4:08.64 4 Kirsty Wade (GBR)4:09.06 5 Paula Ivan (ROM)4:09.28 6 Vera Michallek (FDR)4:09.89 7 Regina Jacobs (USA)4:12.52 8 Christine Pfitzinger (NZL)4:13.59 9 Maite Zuñiga (SPA)4:16.21 10 
Evelyn Adiru (UGA)4:17.72 11 
Kriscia García (SAL)4:34.76 Women's 1500 m - Final - 5 September 1987
1 Tatyana Samolenko-Dorovskikh (UKR)3:58.56 2 Hildegard Ullrich-Körner (DDR)3:58.67 3 Doina Melinte (ROM)3:59.27 4 Cornelia Burki (SWI)3:59.90 5 Andrea Lange-Hahmann (DDR)4:00.63 6 Kirsty Wade (GBR)4:01.41 7 Diana Richburg (USA)4:01.79 8 Elly Van Hulst (NED)4:03.63 9 Svetlana Kitova (URS)4:04.66 10 Linda Sheskey (USA)4:08.33 11 Debbie Scott-Bowker (CAN)4:08.38 12 Mitica Junghiatu-Constantin (ROM)4:10.35 13 Marina Yachmenyova (URS)4:10.51
Women's Shot put - 5 September 1987
| 1 | Natalya Lisovskaya (URS) | 21.24 |
| 2 | Kathrin Neimke (DDR) | 21.21 |
| 3 | Ines Müller (DDR) | 20.76 |
| 4 | Claudia Losch (FDR) | 20.73 |
| 5 | Natalya Akhrimenko (URS) | 20.68 |
| 6 | Heike Hartwig-Dittrich (DDR) | 20.63 |
| 7 | Li Meisu (CHN) | 20.43 |
| 8 | Helena Fibingerová (CZE) | 20.29 |
| 9 | Svetla Mitkova-Sinirtas (BUL) | 19.37 |
| 10 | Stephanie Storp (FDR) | 19.36 |
| 11 | Huang Zhihong (CHN) | 19.35 |
| 12 | Iris Plotzitzka (FDR) | 19.19 |
| 13 | Sona Vasicková (CZE) | 18.71 |
- Women's Shot put - Detailed results
Women's Shot put - Group A - 4 September 1987
1 Kathrin Neimke (DDR)20.26 2 Claudia Losch (FDR)19.73 3 Li Meisu (CHN)19.47 4 Heike Hartwig-Dittrich (DDR)19.35 5 Natalya Lisovskaya (URS)19.22 6 Sona Vasicková (CZE)19.09 7 Iris Plotzitzka (FDR)19.08 8 Judy Oakes (GBR)18.43 9 Ramona Pagel (USA)18.12 10 Asta Hovi-Ovaska (FIN)17.89 Women's Shot put - Group B - 4 September 1987
1 Helena Fibingerová (CZE)20.40 2 Ines Müller (DDR)19.96 3 Stephanie Storp (FDR)19.64 4 Mihaela Loghin (ROM)19.27 5 Natalya Akhrimenko (URS)19.21 6 Huang Zhihong (CHN)19.18 7 Svetla Mitkova-Sinirtas (BUL)19.07 8 Bonnie Dasse (USA)17.68 9 
Deborah Saint-Phard (HAI)16.54 10 Melody Torcolacci (CAN)15.98 Women's Shot put - Final - 5 September 1987
1 Natalya Lisovskaya (URS)21.24 2 Kathrin Neimke (DDR)21.21 3 Ines Müller (DDR)20.76 4 Claudia Losch (FDR)20.73 5 Natalya Akhrimenko (URS)20.68 6 Heike Hartwig-Dittrich (DDR)20.63 7 Li Meisu (CHN)20.43 8 Helena Fibingerová (CZE)20.29 9 Svetla Mitkova-Sinirtas (BUL)19.37 10 Stephanie Storp (FDR)19.36 11 Huang Zhihong (CHN)19.35 12 Iris Plotzitzka (FDR)19.19 13 Sona Vasicková (CZE)18.71
Women's Javelin throw - 6 September 1987
| 1 | Fatima Whitbread (GBR) | 76.64 |
| 2 | Petra Felke-Meier (DDR) | 71.76 |
| 3 | Beate Peters (FDR) | 68.82 |
| 4 | Tessa Sanderson (GBR) | 67.54 |
| 5 | Susanne Jung (DDR) | 67.46 |
| 6 | Tiina Lillak (FIN) | 66.82 |
| 7 | Natalya Yermolovich (URS) | 65.52 |
| 8 | Ivonne Leal (CUB) | 64.90 |
| 9 | Ingrid Thyssen (FDR) | 64.12 |
| 10 | Manuela Alizadeh (FDR) | 63.40 |
| 11 | Katalin Hartai (HUN) | 60.88 |
| 12 | Irina Kostyuchenkova (URS) | 60.60 |
- Women's Javelin throw - Detailed results
Women's Javelin throw - Group A - 5 September 1987
1 Petra Felke-Meier (DDR)69.16 2 Tessa Sanderson (GBR)66.46 3 Beate Peters (FDR)64.26 4 Irina Kostyuchenkova (URS)63.04 5 Katalin Hartai (HUN)62.68 6 Natalya Yermolovich (URS)60.78 7 
Anna Verouli (GRE)60.60 8 Yuanxiang Zhou (CHN)59.46 9 Elisabet Nagy (SWE)58.72 10 María Caridad Colón (CUB)57.82 11 Emi Matsui (JPN)57.78 12 Denise Thiemard (SWI)56.34 13 Sueli Dos Santos (BRA)55.48 14 
Marieta Riera (VEN)53.38 15 Hui-Cheng Lee (TPE)51.42 16 
Mereoni Vibose (FID)48.60 Women's Javelin throw - Group B - 5 September 1987
1 Fatima Whitbread (GBR)67.00 2 Ingrid Thyssen (FDR)64.52 3 Ivonne Leal (CUB)62.60 4 Tiina Lillak (FIN)62.34 5 Susanne Jung (DDR)62.26 6 Manuela Alizadeh (FDR)62.16 7 Natalya Shikolenko (BLR)60.40 8 Celine Chartrand (CAN)59.06 9 Tuula Laaksalo (FIN)57.24 10 Baolian Li (CHN)55.96 11 Trine Hattestad (NOR)55.30 12 Cathie Wilson (USA)54.80 13 Iris Gronfeldt (ISL)54.00 14 
Iammo Launa (PAP)42.70 Women's Javelin throw - Final - 6 September 1987
1 Fatima Whitbread (GBR)76.64 2 Petra Felke-Meier (DDR)71.76 3 Beate Peters (FDR)68.82 4 Tessa Sanderson (GBR)67.54 5 Susanne Jung (DDR)67.46 6 Tiina Lillak (FIN)66.82 7 Natalya Yermolovich (URS)65.52 8 Ivonne Leal (CUB)64.90 9 Ingrid Thyssen (FDR)64.12 10 Manuela Alizadeh (FDR)63.40 11 Katalin Hartai (HUN)60.88 12 Irina Kostyuchenkova (URS)60.60
Women's 4x100 m relay - 6 September 1987
| 1 | United States (Pam Marshall, Florence Griffith-Joyner, Diane Williams, Alice Brown) | |
| 2 | East Germany (Marlies Göhr, Kerstin Behrendt, Cornelia Riefstahl-Oschkenat, Silke Gladisch-Möller) | |
| 3 | Soviet Union (Olga Antonova, Natalya German, Natalya Pomoshchnikova-Voronova, Irina Slyusar) | |
| 4 | Bulgaria (Valya Demireva, Nadezhda Georgieva, Anelia Nuneva, Ginka Zagorcheva) | |
| 5 | West Germany (Ute Thimm, Andrea Thomas, Ulrike Sarvari, Silke-Beate Knoll) | |
| 6 | Canada (Keturah Anderson, Angella Taylor-Issajenko, Angela Phipps, Angela Bailey) | |
| 7 | Cuba (Liliana Allen, Susana Armenteros, Aliuska López, Eusebia Riquelme) | |
| 8 | France (Muriel Leroy, Laurence Bily, Marie-Christine Cazier-Ballo, Françoise Leroux) |
- Women's 4x100 m relay - Detailed results
Women's 4x100 m relay - Heat 1 - 5 September 1987
1 East Germany (Silke Gladisch-Möller, Cornelia Oschkenat, Kerstin Behrendt, Marlies Göhr)42.96 Q 2 Canada (Angela Bailey, Angela Phipps, Angella Taylor-Issajenko, Keturah Anderson)43.30 Q 3 West Germany (Silke-Beate Knoll, Ulrike Sarvari, Andrea Thomas, Ute Thimm)43.32 Q 4 Bulgaria (Ginka Zagorcheva, Anelia Nuneva, Nadezhda Georgieva, Valya Demireva)43.50 Q 5 Nigeria (Beatrice Utondu, Tina Iheagwam, Mary Onyali-Omagbemi, Falilat Ogunkoya Osheku)43.95 6 Ghana (Mercy Addy, Diana Yankey, Cynthia Quartey, Martha Appiah)44.28 Women's 4x100 m relay - Heat 2 - 5 September 1987
1 United States (Alice Brown, Diane Williams, Florence Griffith-Joyner, Pam Marshall)41.96 Q 2 Soviet Union (Irina Slyusar, Natalya Pomoshchnikova-Voronova, Natalya German, Olga Antonova)42.47 Q 3 Cuba (Eusebia Riquelme, Aliuska López, Susana Armenteros, Liliana Allen)43.53 Q 4 France (Françoise Leroux, Marie-Christine Cazier-Ballo, Laurence Bily, Muriel Leroy)43.59 Q 5 Great Britain (Eleanor Cohen, Joan Baptiste, Wendy Hoyte, Paula Dunn-Thomas)44.21 6 Italy (Anna Rita Angotzi, Patrizia Lombardo, Annarita Balzani, Marisa Masullo)44.49 7 India (Ashwini Nachappa, Vandana Shanbag, Sany Joseph, Vandana Rao)40.10 Women's 4x100 m relay - Final A - 6 September 1987
1 United States (Alice Brown, Diane Williams, Florence Griffith-Joyner, Pam Marshall)41.58 2 East Germany (Silke Gladisch-Möller, Cornelia Riefstahl-Oschkenat, Kerstin Behrendt, Marlies Göhr)41.95 3 Soviet Union (Irina Slyusar, Natalya Pomoshchnikova-Voronova, Natalya German, Olga Antonova)42.33 4 Bulgaria (Ginka Zagorcheva, Anelia Nuneva, Nadezhda Georgieva, Valya Demireva)42.71 5 West Germany (Silke-Beate Knoll, Ulrike Sarvari, Andrea Thomas, Ute Thimm)43.20 6 Canada (Angela Bailey, Angela Phipps, Angella Taylor-Issajenko, Keturah Anderson)43.26 7 Cuba (Eusebia Riquelme, Aliuska López, Susana Armenteros, Liliana Allen)43.66 8 France (Françoise Leroux, Marie-Christine Cazier-Ballo, Laurence Bily, Muriel Leroy)43.75 Women's 4x100 m relay - Final - 6 September 1987
1 United States (Pam Marshall, Florence Griffith-Joyner, Diane Williams, Alice Brown)2 East Germany (Marlies Göhr, Kerstin Behrendt, Cornelia Riefstahl-Oschkenat, Silke Gladisch-Möller)3 Soviet Union (Olga Antonova, Natalya German, Natalya Pomoshchnikova-Voronova, Irina Slyusar)4 Bulgaria (Valya Demireva, Nadezhda Georgieva, Anelia Nuneva, Ginka Zagorcheva)5 West Germany (Ute Thimm, Andrea Thomas, Ulrike Sarvari, Silke-Beate Knoll)6 Canada (Keturah Anderson, Angella Taylor-Issajenko, Angela Phipps, Angela Bailey)7 Cuba (Liliana Allen, Susana Armenteros, Aliuska López, Eusebia Riquelme)8 France (Muriel Leroy, Laurence Bily, Marie-Christine Cazier-Ballo, Françoise Leroux)
Women's 4x400 m relay - 6 September 1987
| 1 | East Germany (Cornelia Ullrich, Sabine Busch, Petra Müller-Schersing, Kirsten Emmelmann, Dagmar Rübsam-Neubauer) | |
| 2 | Soviet Union (Olga Vladykina-Bryzgina, Mariya Kulchunova-Pinigina, Olga Nazarova, Aelita Yurchenko) | |
| 3 | United States (Lillie Leatherwood, Valerie Brisco-hooks, Denean Howard-Hill, Diane Dixon) | |
| 4 | Canada (Jillian Richardson-Briscoe, Marita Payne, Molly Killingbeck, Charmaine Crooks) | |
| 5 | West Germany (Karin Lix, Gisela Kinzel, Gudrun Abt, Helga Arendt, Ute Thimm) | |
| 6 | Jamaica (Sandie Richards, Ilrey Oliver, Sandra Farmer-Patrick, Cathy Rattray-Williams) | |
| 7 | France (Fabienne Ficher, Helène Huart, Nadine Debois, Nathalie Simon) | |
| 8 | Bulgaria (Rositsa Stamenova, Tsvetanka Ilieva, Pepa Pavlova, Yuliana Marinova) |
- Women's 4x400 m relay - Detailed results
Women's 4x400 m relay - Heat 1 - 5 September 1987
1 East Germany (Silke Gladisch-Möller, Cornelia Oschkenat, Kerstin Behrendt, Marlies Göhr)42.96 Q 2 Canada (Angela Bailey, Angela Phipps, Angella Taylor-Issajenko, Keturah Anderson)43.30 Q 3 West Germany (Silke-Beate Knoll, Ulrike Sarvari, Andrea Thomas, Ute Thimm)43.32 Q 4 Bulgaria (Ginka Zagorcheva, Anelia Nuneva, Nadezhda Georgieva, Valya Demireva)43.50 Q 5 Nigeria (Beatrice Utondu, Tina Iheagwam, Mary Onyali-Omagbemi, Falilat Ogunkoya Osheku)43.95 6 Ghana (Mercy Addy, Diana Yankey, Cynthia Quartey, Martha Appiah)44.28 Women's 4x400 m relay - Heat 2 - 5 September 1987
1 East Germany (Kirsten Emmelmann, Dagmar Neubauer, Cornelia Ullrich, Petra Müller)3:22.97 Q 2 Bulgaria (Malena Andonova, Rositsa Stamenova, Pepa Pavlova, Yuliana Marinova)3:25.85 Q 3 West Germany (Karin Lix, Helga Arendt, Gudrun Abt, Gisela Kinzel)3:26.75 Q 4 Jamaica (Cathy Rattray-Williams, Sandie Richards, Sandra Farmer-Patrick, Ilrey Oliver)3:27.13 Q 5 Hungary (Erzsebet Szabo, Erika Szopori, Noemi Batori, Judit Forgacs)3:31.56 6 Italy (Rossana Morabito, Cosetta Campana, Nevia Pistrino, Erica Rossi)3:31.72 7 Spain (Rosa Colorado, Cristina Perez, Montserrat Pujol, Blanca Lacambra)3:32.01 8 Ireland (Michelle Walsh-Carroll, Barbara Johnson, Patricia Walsh, Patricia Amond)3:32.56 Women's 4x400 m relay - Final A - 6 September 1987
1 East Germany (Dagmar Rübsam-Neubauer, Kirsten Emmelmann, Petra Müller-Schersing, Sabine Busch)3:18.63 2 Soviet Union (Aelita Yurchenko, Olga Nazarova, Mariya Kulchunova-Pinigina, Olga Vladykina-Bryzgina)3:19.50 3 United States (Diane Dixon, Denean Howard-Hill, Valerie Brisco-hooks, Lillie Leatherwood)3:21.04 4 Canada (Charmaine Crooks, Molly Killingbeck, Marita Payne, Jillian Richardson-Briscoe)3:24.11 5 West Germany (Ute Thimm, Helga Arendt, Gudrun Abt, Gisela Kinzel)3:24.94 6 Jamaica (Cathy Rattray-Williams, Sandra Farmer-Patrick, Ilrey Oliver, Sandie Richards)3:27.51 7 France (Nathalie Simon, Nadine Debois, Helène Huart, Fabienne Ficher)3:27.60 8 Bulgaria (Tsvetanka Ilieva, Rositsa Stamenova, Pepa Pavlova, Yuliana Marinova)3:30.24 Women's 4x400 m relay - Final - 6 September 1987
1 East Germany (Cornelia Ullrich, Sabine Busch, Petra Müller-Schersing, Kirsten Emmelmann, Dagmar Rübsam-Neubauer)2 Soviet Union (Olga Vladykina-Bryzgina, Mariya Kulchunova-Pinigina, Olga Nazarova, Aelita Yurchenko)3 United States (Lillie Leatherwood, Valerie Brisco-hooks, Denean Howard-Hill, Diane Dixon)4 Canada (Jillian Richardson-Briscoe, Marita Payne, Molly Killingbeck, Charmaine Crooks)5 West Germany (Karin Lix, Gisela Kinzel, Gudrun Abt, Helga Arendt, Ute Thimm)6 Jamaica (Sandie Richards, Ilrey Oliver, Sandra Farmer-Patrick, Cathy Rattray-Williams)7 France (Fabienne Ficher, Helène Huart, Nadine Debois, Nathalie Simon)8 Bulgaria (Rositsa Stamenova, Tsvetanka Ilieva, Pepa Pavlova, Yuliana Marinova)